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If you
haven't met Sally Lockhart before, prepare to be bowled over. Sally is sixteen
and uncommonly pretty. Her knowledge of English literature, French, history,
art and music is non-existent, but she has a thorough grounding in military
tactics, can run a business, ride like a Cossack and shoot straight with a
pistol. When her dear father is drowned in suspicious circumstances in the
South China Sea, Sally is left to fend for herself, an orphan and alone in the
smoky fog of Victorian London. Though she doesn't know it, Sally is already in
terrible danger. Soon the mystery and the danger will deepen - and at the
rotten heart of it all lies the deadly secret of "The
Ruby in the Smoke"
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